History AudioPlay / AreYouAlice

* ArcWords: From the Cheshire Cat, "I don't want to get your clothes dirty."
* ArtShift: Done for the 88th during the omake chapter ''Are You Akuma?'' and Alice during chapter 40.

* BerserkButton: "What kind of Queen of Hearts [[spoiler: hates the color red?]]"

''Are You Alice?'' started off as a series of drama [=CDs=] written by Ninomiya Ai and became her most popular work. It was adapted into manga-form in 2010 by Katagiri Ikumi and as of 2011, a PSP-game was also released. It is obviously based on ''Literature/AliceInWonderland'', but with very individual takes to the original source. The series is remarkable for its complex characters and world as well as for the high amount of well-known voice actors that star on the [=CDs=].

* LimitedWardrobe: Played with; out of all the outfits seen so far, only the Cheshire Cat and the Queen have changed their clothing. The Cheshire Cat's outfit was altered slightly near the start, and the Queen changed his clothing from tight sleeves and diamond-patterned pants to wider sleeves and grey pants, including a belt made of circles, after chapters 14 and 15.

''Are You Alice?'' started off as a series of drama [=CDs=] written by Ninomiya Ai and became her most popular work. It was adapted into manga-form in 2010 by Katagiri Ikumi and as of 2011, a PSP-game was also released. It is obviously based on ''Literature/AliceInWonderland'', but with very individual takes to the original source. The series is remarkable for its complex characters and world as well as for the high amount of well-known seiyuu that star on the [=CDs=].

* AliceAllusion: This series is ''obviously'' based on ''Alice's Adventures In Wonderland''.

* FallenCreator: THIS IS A TEST

* InSeriesNickname: The Queen of Hearts calls the Knave of Hearts "[[ThemeNaming Jack]]". The March Hare calls the White Rabbit "White-Chan"/"Whitey".

** The Trump Soldiers are to ensure the Queen does their job, as well as protect the Queen and sere as their servants.

** The Caterpillar is able to show Alice where the Dormouse (and possibly anyone else) is located through the use of Caterpillar Alley's Centipede.
** The Cheshire Cat may not actually be part of the game, but is regardless able to find and converse with the current 89th Alice no matter where he is and is furthermore able to attack [[spoiler: and kill]] Alice. The Cheshire Cat has also shown similar abilities to the White Rabbit, as in being able to lead someone to Wonderland and name them.

* RoseHairedGirl: The 88th and the Duchess. The traits are played straight for both of them, but the 88th is bitter about her current position.

* {{Bishonen}}: All over the place.

* BallroomBlitz: The Premise of most of Volume 7. The Queen hosts a large party where everyone is invited '''except for Alice''', as the day's hosted on an "Alice Fixed Holiday". The Hatter, even, leaves to go to the party despite having avoided participating in the holiday before, as the holiday's revolved around no one wanting to be near Alice. While the current Alice is upset with this, he stays at home regardless, the Hatter leaving him quips about [[{{Cinderella}} a fairy godmother taking him to the party]]. Meanwhile, Jack takes up the opportunity to kidnap Alice to exact revenge on the Queen for the ridiculous rule he's been given.

** ColorCodedForYourConvenience / WhatDoYouMeanItsNotSymbolic: Everyone wears shades of black, white, and brown; almost to symbolize the CrapsackWorld Wonderland seems to be. The Alices wear only one or two shades at best, as well as the Duchess who adds pink to black. The March Hare and the Caterpillar wear green to support their neutral state.

* [[TryNotToDie I'll Try Not To Die]]: Alice often says this to the Mad Hatter when he gets up and leaves of his own accord.
** Played by its self, this is actually pretty common; almost everyone says this to Alice at some point.

** {{Bowdlerised}} in Chuang Yi's translation, though the Hatter isn't above calling Alice a "dumbass".

* AnyoneCanDie

* ArtShift: Done once in an omake to make an incredibly Shoujo 88th Alice.

* BallroomBlitz: The Premise of most of Volume 7. The Queen, [[spoiler: very likely to recover after the incident with the Dormouse]], hosts a large party where everyone is invited '''except for Alice''', as the day's hosted on an "Alice Fixed Holiday". The Hatter, even, leaves to go to the party despite having avoided participating in the holiday before, as the holiday's revolved around no one wanting to be near Alice. While the current Alice is upset with this, he stays at home regardless, the Hatter leaving him quips about [[{{Cinderella}} a fairy godmother taking him to the party]]. Meanwhile, Jack takes up the opportunity to kidnap Alice to exact revenge on the Queen for the ridiculous rule he's been given.

** For the Knave, it's [[spoiler: speaking over his character limit.]]

* BitchInSheepsClothing: The 88th Alice.

* ChekhovsArmoury: There's about five or six things in the first two volumes alone that are explained later on, and they're mostly little things; the Cheshire Cat's shoulder injury [[spoiler: caused by the Mad Hatter who shot him after the death of the 88th Alice]] that leads to his close relationship with the Duchess, the reason the 89th has a gun [[spoiler: (which is, again, because of the Cheshire Cat killing the 88th)]], the Knave of Hearts not speaking [[spoiler: which later becomes the focus of his arc]], and so on.

* [[spoiler: DeadToBeginWith: The 88th Alice, or "Regret".]]

* DoesNotLikeMen: Rare male example, the Queen... for some reason. He hates them enough to make Jack, his only male Trump Soldier, speak only 10 characters every ''ten years''.

* TheDragon: Subverted with the Queen of Hearts. He actually doesn't know where the Rabbit lives, though how he acts seems to indicate he's a dragon. Played straight with the Knave of Hearts to the Queen, the March Hare to the Rabbit, and [[spoiler: the White Rabbit's convinced himself to be Marianne's.]]

* ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin: Every character's name is a title, which address their role and sometimes how they act, and it shows the work down by the authors. For instance, the Mad Hatter drinks tea, is obsessed with time, and owns a hat store. The Dormouse is very sluggish and sleeps a lot, and is close friends with the Hatter. So on and so fourth. Played with for the Queen, who fits the role... save for gender and attitude.
** IdentityAmnesia: The White Rabbit, as detailed with the Knave's meeting, [[spoiler: even goes as far as to throw away names of everyone's former life]], though as shown with the Queen, some can still remember who they were.

* FromBadToWorse: Chapter 26 and it just heads ''straight'' down... It got lighter at around 33, but the 36 happened and, well...
* GreyAndGrayMorality: Due to the back stories we've gotten from a few characters, [[spoiler: namely Alice's and the Queen's,]] it's hard to discern who's good or evil. The Queen of Hearts has a very good public face, being showered with gifts from all sorts of girls. He's, however, in charge of killing the ones who fail at their job or break the rules and is a bit of a JerkAss. Meanwhile, the White Rabbit ''made'' the game to kill him, and the Cheshire Cat crosses back and fourth from being a hero to a villain, very similar to the animated Disney movie, where the Cat was "the villain" when compared to the books. Alice himself isn't innocent either, having [[spoiler: apparently killed Alice Liddel, his '''big sister'''.]]
** TheGoodTheBadAndTheEvil: For a small guide on the main characters;
*** The Good: [[ChaoticGood Alice, the Mad Hatter]], and the [[LawfulNeutral Queen of Hearts]].
*** The Bad: [[CryForTheDevil The White Rabbit]], [[BrilliantButLazy the Dormouse]], and the [[HeroWithAnFInGood Cheshire Cat]].
*** The Evil: [[BigBad Marianne]], [[DeadToBeginWith The 88th Alice]], [[spoiler: and the Cheshire Cat in reality.]]
** FaceHeelTurn / HeelFaceTurn: The Cheshire Cat lampshades the amount of this trope, stating that no one in the game can be trusted. Almost every character does this once or twice, save for the above listed "The Good" if you don't count the Queen's [[JustFollowingOrders Just Following the Rules]].

* HappinessInSlavery: The Trump Soldiers. Jack isn't quite clear on it, though.
* HeroWithAnFInGood: The Cheshire Cat comes off as this, fitting his character from the book as a sort of trickster. [[spoiler: Evolves into a HeroAntagonist when it's revealed he killed the 88th, fits as a FriendlyEnemy, and then turns into a ManipulativeBastard when he crosses the MoralEventHorizon.]]

** Alice and Jack, through it's more apparent in the Audio Dramas.
* HumanityEnsues: The Cheshire Cat and the White Rabbit are the original; [[spoiler: when Wonderland fell apart]], they were turned into "self-aware humans." [[spoiler: Though the Cheshire Cat seems to have memories of being Diane...]]

* [[spoiler:IfYouDieICallYourStuff: The March Hare's rule; when the White Rabbit dies, it's his job to watch over Alice.]]

* InSeriesNickname: The Queen of Hearts calls the Knave of Hearts "[[ThemeNaming Jack]]". The March Hare calls the White Rabbit "White-Chan".

* KickTheDog / KickTheSonOfABitch: Done so a lot.
* [[spoiler:KnifeNut: The Cheshire Cat. Think it was bad when you saw him kill the 88th? Stay tuned for chapter 26, ''Unbidden Guest''... or look at the other spoilers.]]

** To ''write'' more loudly, Jack often adds a "zo" to the end of his sentences.

* [[BecauseDestinySaysSo Because The Rules Say So]]: See LoadsAndLoadsOfRules.

* DarkandTroubledPast: Just about everyone in this series seems to have one hidden somewhere...

* {{Motifs}}: Apart from the illusions to the actual book, the Queen of Hearts frequently makes illusions to cards; apart from having 52 Trump Soldiers [[spoiler: and having done 52 murders as a serial killer]], he makes off-hand remarks of "not being able to play with a full deck" [[spoiler: once he loses 51 "cards"]], how he used to think he was the Joker card, and so on.

* KickTheDog / KickTheSonOfABitch: Played with, and depending on how you feel about it. [[spoiler: Beginning in the end of chapter 24 and escalating to 29, the Dormouse kills all of the Queen's 51 servants to kill the Queen himself. During this, he shoots and wounds Jack, which would kill him if he didn't get medical attention soon. This is a KickTheDog to Jack, but YMMV on which for the Queen. Upon the Hatter getting there, ''he'' shoots the Dormouse(though doesn't kill him), turning into KickTheSonOfABitch to the Dormouse. And a few minutes later, it becomes ShootTheShaggyDog.]]
** While it should be the second trope, Alice thinks [[spoiler: shooting the Cheshire Cat's hand off]] was a KickTheDog moment.

** The Mad Hatter can kill anyone who is an "enemy of Alice". However, this only counts if the "enemy" attacks Alice, is a threat to Alice, and regards themselves as a threat. It is highly possible that the Mad Hatter can also kill Alice if he chooses, based on a conversation the White Rabbit and Cheshire Cat had, but it's unknown if it's passive (the Mad Hatter lets it happen) or aggressive (he does it himself).
** The Queen of Hearts can kill anyone who disobeys his/her orders or become useless; this includes characters who fail in their job or the character they were linked to dies. However, s/he may lack the ability to protect her/himself.
** The Knave of Hearts is the Queen's bodyguard and apparently functions very similarly to the Mad Hatter. Due to a contract with the Queen, he's unable to speak, either not at all or limited to 10 characters/syllables at a time, unless told to.
** The Trump Soldiers are to ensure the Queen does their job. They might be able to kill the Queen of Hearts if she strays and probably also protect him as well.

** The Cheshire Cat may not actually be part of the game, but is regardless able to find and converse with the current 89th Alice no matter where he is and is furthermore able to attack [[spoiler: and kill]] Alice.

* MinorInsultMeltdown: [[spoiler:Inverted with Jack in chapter 39; he melts down because of what ''he himself'' said, specifically how many words he's said.]]

* NoNameGiven: The 89th Alice can't remember his own name. The reason for that is [[TearJerker really sad]].
** To be fair, it extends to almost all the characters; save for the Cheshire Cat and White Rabbit (whose names actually ''are'' their names), as well as [[spoiler: the Mad Hatter and Marianne]], none of the characters have their real names fully revealed, even though almost all of the characters are from the outside world.

* OutDamnedSpot: [[spoiler: A mild one from The Queen of Hearts, [[MindScrew so mild that it's really hard to tell if he actually regrets his actions or not.]]]]
* PettingZooPeople: The Cheshire Cat, the White Rabbit, and the March Hare.

** [[{Bowdlerise} Bowdlerised]] in Chuang Yi's translation, though the Hatter isn't above calling Alice a "dumbass".

** Averted in the Singapore version, though the Hatter isn't above calling Alice a "dumbass".

** Alice and Jack, through it's more apparent in the Drama CDs.

* ItAmusedMe: The Cheshire Cat in particular, though the White Rabbit shows shades when it came to naming the "Queen" of Hearts and Jack.

!!''AreYouAlice'' provides examples of:

* DeliberatelyMonochrome: Several, different examples. Most prominently, The Queen of Heart wears black and white, has chocolate-colored eyes, and has black hair. [[spoiler: {{Irony}} is that he ''hates'' the color red.]]
** The White Knight wears mostly white, including his hair and eye color.

** The Knave of Hearts is the Queen's bodyguard and apparently functions very similarly to the Mad Hatter.

* OneManArmy: A lot of characters can hold on their own, but the [[spoiler: Dormouse]] gets first place; [[spoiler: he kills 51 Trump Soldiers, and ends up wounding the 52nd, all [[OffscreenMomentOfAwesome offscreen.]]]]

* [[SheIsTheKing He is the Queen]]: Lampshaded by the Mad Hatter in the second chapter, who plays it up to Alice that the Queen's a girl.

** Alice in Wonderland is the Alice who kills the White Rabbit; Alice can kill the White Rabbit and anyone who works with the Rabbit, but is anble to kill anyone else.

** [[spoiler: For the Knave, it's speaking over his character limit.]]

* [[spoiler:BitchInSheepsClothing: Knave of Hearts.]]

* [[RevengeBeforeReason: The Knave kidnapped Alice to help break his contract of "10 Characters every 10 Years", threatening him with a gun several times during such.]]

* ButtMonkey: Alice is sometimes this, but the Knave of Heart's has this on his resume.

* DoesNotLikeMen: Rare male example, the Queen... for some reason. He hates them enough to make Jack, his only male Trump Soldier, speak only 10 words every ''ten years''.

** Played with for the March Hare. He's voiced by a male in the [=CDs=], but a translated chapter calls him a "she". Apparently, the Japanese translations refer to him as neither gender, since no one can tell what he is. He has a female nickname (Mitsuki), but the Mad Hatter and the White Rabbit call him "that guy" from time to time.

** InNameOnly: The March Hare; he never interacts with the Mad Hatter, and is much closer to the White Rabbit than anyone else. Then there's [[spoiler: Lewis Carroll. You know, for a guy who had poor health, he sure does like to smoke...]]

* [[spoiler:FaceHeelTurn: The Knave of Hearts, who in chapter 38 kidnaps Alice.]]

* GreenEyedMonster: Often played for laughs when it comes up, but best seen in the omake "Child Challenge", where Alice, The Duke, and the Fish Butler eat a magic mushroom that turns them into babies. It gets worse when the ''Queen'' gets jealous of the Duke's attention, but opts to [[MurderTheHypotenuse take care of it a different way.]]

*** The Good: [[ChaoticGood Alice, the Mad Hatter]], the [[LawfulNeutral Queen of Hearts]], and the [[JustFollowingOrders Knave of Hearts]].